Alexander Paris
Alexander Paris
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At the time AOL went unlimited, CompuServe deliberately chose not to follow with the point being how can you charge a fixed rate for something that has variable costs? There is a cost to someone dialing and just sitting on the system. That was what AOL ran into.
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Prices are pretty rich. The exchanges may be vulnerable to short-term corrections, but over the longer term they should continue to grow because there's lots of money on the sidelines to invest.
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Sometimes they think a good economic report is good, other times they think it's bad.
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Everybody works just a little bit harder, ... They drive their employees very hard.
performance poor
Poor performance hasn't tarnished the funds' image, ... It's still the right acquisition for the right buyer.
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It's the martinis that are wildly popular right now, especially the sour apple martini. With young adult consumers, sales of flavored spirits are definitely tracking higher than any other hard liquor.
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It's the market saying these guys aren't going to grow as fast - these guys are no longer a growth company.
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That's a good price for a well-known house like Pilgrim, ... You could really get that company going again.
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that may not be the case in the second quarter because of the shift back to 'old economy' stocks ... You live by the sword, you die by the sword.
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Economic growth did stumble in the fourth quarter, but as expected it was the result of one-time factors, primarily disruptions and costs of other Gulf storms and their aftermath.
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It wasn't particularly material. And it's not particularly unusual. A lot of companies are going back and reviewing their controls because of Sarbanes-Oxley and finding tax errors. But for a company like H&R Block, it was particularly embarrassing.
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I want to give them the benefit of the doubt,
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We've seen Warren Buffett take positions and ultimately acquire companies
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While I would like to see the company start generating profits sooner, I think (flat-rate pricing) is the way the industry is going. CompuServe will need to make its revenue through advertising or transaction fees,